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A Catholic priest, Rev Fr Kelvin Ugwu, has called on Nigerians to ignore the recent prophecy by the founder of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Fr. Ejike Mbaka, against the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Mbaka, a fiery Enugu Catholic priest, had declared that Peter Obi cannot emerge as Nigerian President in 2023, saying the LabourContinue reading “2023: Why you must ignore Mbaka’s prophecy on Peter Obi – Fr Kelvin sends message to Nigerians”

Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Tuesday, accused Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel, of harboring animosity for President Muhammadu Buhari. On Monday, June 13, 2022, during a church service titled Special Prayer for the Nation, Oyedepo bemoaned the deep pain inflictedContinue reading “Presidency explains Bishop Oyedepo’s ‘hatred’ for Buhari”

The chief whip of the 9th Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu, on Wednesday spoke on the controversial plan to field a Muslim as the running mate of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. There have been reactions across boards over the Muslim/Muslim ticket in the 2023 presidential election. Some Nigerians in their reactionContinue reading “Tinubu’s wife is a pastor, so there’s no need to be concerned about the Muslim/Muslim ticket – Orji Kalu”

The Delta House of Assembly accepted Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s proposal for a N25 billion loan for oil palm development on Tuesday. he governor’s request was contained in a letter read at a plenary session by the Speaker, Sheriff Oborevwori. Mr Okowa explained that the loan to be taken at the First City Monument Bank Plc would develop 17,345.5 hectares of palm plantation, designed to take advantage of CBN’s oil palm development initiative. Motion for theContinue reading “Okowa plans to borrow N25 billion for an oil palm plantation.”

Please spread the word about this story: With their popular candidates, the New Nigeria Peoples Party and Labour Party may pose a serious threat to the ruling All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general elections. Writes LEKE BAIYEWU Prior to the primaries held by various political parties to field candidates for the 2023 general elections, several parties, political groups, and prominent Nigerians were in the news for their search for a ‘Third Force’ to unseat and end the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.  Since 1999, the two major political parties have governed Nigeria at the presidential level. The PDP ruled for 16 years, from 1999 to 2015, before the APC seized office in 2015 and ruled for seven years.  The next presidential election will be held in 2023, after the APC has served eight years in office, and the smaller parties are now forming alliances and realigning forces in order to take on the APC and the PDP.  The expected mergers and alliances, on the other hand, do not appear to have taken place yet. However, individual parties and candidates seem to be making efforts, perhaps from the regional and zonal levels. Out of the 18 parties presently registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission, the APC and the PDP included, two other parties are getting the attention of the electorate,Continue reading “Kwankwaso, Obi expand stakes in NNPP, LP, and threaten APC, PDP in presidential election”

She floored 5 men to clinch the party’s ticket Senator Aishatu Binani has emerged as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Adamawa State. In a historic victory, she floored five men to clinch the party’s ticket in the just concluded governorship primary election in the State. Binani has now become the first womanContinue reading “APC Primaries: Aisha Binani wins APC governorship ticket in Adamawa”